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Phenotypic rescue of Chlamydia trachomatis growth in IFN-gamma treated mouse cells by irradiated Chlamydia muridarum.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Sept 2007
Nelson David E, Taylor Lacey D, Shannon Jeffrey G, Whitmire William M, Crane Deborah D, McClarty Grant, Su Hua, Kari Laszlo, Caldwell Harlan D
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Chlamydia trachomatis and C. muridarum, human and mouse pathogens, respectively, share more than 99% of open reading frames (ORFs) but differ in a cytotoxin locus. Presence or absence of cytotoxin gene(s) in these strains correlates with their ability to grow in IFN-gamma treated mouse cells. Gro...
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